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Subject: Re: Results of the Israeli league(Rebel won,fritz lost,Junior shredder draw)

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:10:07 01/21/00

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On January 21, 2000 at 10:29:03, James T. Walker wrote:

>On January 21, 2000 at 10:07:04, blass uri wrote:
>
>>Rebel century won the game in the Israeli league inspite of the fact that it did
>>not have the last book that Ed sent me(it arrived too late)
>>
>>The rating of the opponent was 2300.
>>
>>The human who is responsible for the hardware came too late and Rebel had to
>>start to play with 7 minutes disadvantage on the clock.
>>
>>I believe that nur got an advanatge after 15...h6 and 16...g5 of Rebel but Rebel
>>did not understand it.
>>
>>Igor Nur outsearched Rebel and won a pawn by by 29.R2xf5 but Rebel proved later
>>that it has a better positional understanding in the endgame and won the game.
>>
>>Nur offered a draw after 38.Bf4 and I refused because Rebel evaluated the
>>position as better for it(inspite of the fact that it was a pawn down) and I
>>believed that it has practical chances to win.
>>
>>After the game someone from the opponent team told me that the position was a
>>dead draw and that he did not like the fact that I refused to a draw in a dead
>>draw position.
>>
>>I am going to continue to refuse to draws in "dead draw" positions if I believe
>>that Rebel has practical chances to win.
>>
><snip>
>
>Hello Uri,
>I haven't looked at the game yet but thanks for the post.  I missed it before so
>what is the hardware of Rebel?

The hardware of Rebel is pentiumIII500

 Also, if the position is a dead draw then why
>didn't they draw?

I do not think that the position is a dead draw and the result is a proof that
positions that humans say that they are a dead draw are not a dead draw.

I believe that it could be a draw against a GM and I was sure in 90% in the game
that the outcome is going to be a draw.

Uri



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